opened in Abeno-ku, Ã Âsaka, Japan, in 2014. Specializing in temporary exhibitions, it is located on the 16th floor of Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, named after the ward of Abeno and the expression , meaning 'brightening up'. The Museum's inaugural director is art historian , director of Kintetsu Railway Company's other cultural initiative, the Yamato Bunkakan.
Exhibitions have had as their subject:
2014: Tà Âdai-ji; Collection of Museo Poldi Pezzoli; Dufy; Neo-impressionism<br> 2015: Treasures from Mount Kà Âya; ; Treasures from Kotohira-gà «; Tove Jansson; Ukiyo-e from the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Magic<br> 2016: Museum of Magic; Treasures from Hase-dera; Picasso; Star Wars; Yà Âkai; Munakata Shikà Â<br> 2017: Munakata Shikà Â; Renoir; Matisse and Roualt; ; Treasures from Saidai-ji; Hokusai (with the British Museum); Studio Ghibli<br> 2018: Studio Ghibli; Tà Âgà  Seiji; Works by Harunobu from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Learn and Play!; Tower of the Sun; Works by M. C. Escher from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem<br> 2019: Works by M. C. Escher from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Japanese crafts from the Meiji period to today; Winnie the Pooh; Gustave Moreau; The Pre-Raphaelites; Caravaggio<br> 2020: Caravaggio; Treasures from Yakushi-ji; Anno Mitsumasa; Moomin the Art and Story; Masters of Edo Painting; <br> 2021: Treasures of the Prince of Liechtenstein; 160th Anniversary of Grandma Moses; Masterpieces of the Pola Museum of Art; ; The collection of Fukutomi Taro<br> 2022: Impressionist Masterworks from The Israel Museum; Hideaki Anno; 120th anniversary of Peter Rabbit; Kazuo Umezz, The art of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland<br> 2023: The genius of ; Contemporary Art inspired by Meiji crafts; Mitsumasa Anno; <br> 2024: 10th Anniversary of Abeno Harukas; ; Tokugawa Art Museum exhibition